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On a company-wide Slack this morning, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg announced he has been put on a paid leave of absence.
“And the biggest news: I won't be able to make the ELT tomorrow,” Matt wrote in an Announcement Slack. He continued, writing that Mark Davies, current Automattic Chief Financial Officer, has “conspired” with Automattic Board of Directors members Ann Dunwoody, Toni Schneider, and Sue Decker “behind my back and they voted to put me on a paid leave of absence. I voted against that.”
He wrote that Davies was voted to be the new interim CEO. “I received the resolution 50 minutes before the meeting start, and requested repeatedly for time to have it reviewed by independent legal counsel, even a few hours, which was denied,” Mullenweg wrote.
Mullenweg is the founder of Automattic, the company that owns WordPress, Tumblr, Pocket Casts, and a host of other popular internet brands and pieces of software. Mullenweg has faced several controversies over his management of the company in recent years.
In the same Slack channel, Davies wrote that Mullenweg would remain a board member and “he will have a voice in setting direction and making decisions.”
"As you have seen from Matt's previous messages, Automattic's board has decided to ask Matt to step away from his CEO role and take a leave of absence,” Schneider wrote following Mullenweg’s message. “We have asked Mark Davies to assume the interim CEO role while Matt is out. We've worked closely with Mark over the years and we're confident he will steer the ship well while Matt is away. I'm sure you will have many questions and Mark and your leadership team will be available to answer them.”
“I want to thank Matt for his support and I intend to support him, the Board, Automattic, and our customers during this interim situation,” Davies wrote in that Slack channel. “It will take me some time to come up to speed, but we'll move forward with transparency, communication, and teamwork.” He wrote that nothing will change as a result of Mullenweg’s leave.
Mullenweg, Automattic, Schneider, and Davies did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
For the last few years, Mullenweg has waged a divisive legal battle with WP Engine, sparing publicly with opponents and peers on social media and in his personal blog. In 2024, he made an “Alignment Offer,” giving Automattic employees who disagreed with his stances the option to take six months of pay or $30,000, whichever was higher, with the stipulation that they would lose access to their work logins that same evening and would not be eligible for rehire.
One hundred and fifty-nine people took the offer and left. He then made another buyout offer, and threatened employees who spoke to the press with termination, saying, “exit gracefully, or be fired tomorrow with no severance.”
Most recently, Automattic attempted to claim it owns the word “automatic.”
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It was the time and place for Alexis Mac Allister to do his talking on the pitch and the disgruntled Liverpool midfielder did not disappoint. “Very sad” over Liverpool’s refusal to offer him a contract extension, while Dominik Szoboszlai and Ryan Gravenberch were getting theirs, Mac Allister made Anfield very happy with a match-winning display against Atlético Madrid.
The Argentina international, one of five World Cup finalists involved in a finely-poised, absorbing contest, vented his frustration in the best possible way with an immaculate 20-yard strike that extended Diego Simeone’s winless sequence against English opposition in the Champions League group phase to 11 matches. Mac Allister’s moment also gave Andoni Iraola the perfect start to life in the Champions League, and there were several contributions for the Liverpool head coach to savour. From Alexander Isak’s relentless pressing to Florian Wirtz’s consistent creativity, Liverpool rose to one of their toughest tests of the competition.
Continue reading...After their record-breaking feats last year in the Champions League, Arsenal are at it again. But having been delayed along with hundreds of travelling supporters by travel chaos on Tuesday, Mikel Arteta’s side had to bide their time against Napoli until Martin Ødegaard continued his rich vein of goalscoring to start the new campaign with the crucial strike.
Perhaps it was the fact they were forced to wear red shorts for the first time since a Premier League game against Watford in 2022 due to Uefa’s insistence that Arsenal were not quite at their flowing best here. Yet they were deserved winners in the end and the substitute, Noni Madueke, should have made the victory more comprehensive in the dying moments as Napoli chased the game. Having come so close to breaking their duck in this competition last year after becoming the first team to win all eight of their group stage matches, Arsenal look equipped to go all the way again if Ødegaard can keep up this sparkling form.
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Meganebashi (眼鏡橋, lit. Spectacles Bridge) is the most remarkable of several stone bridges that span the Nakashima River in downtown Nagasaki. The bridge, which gets its name from the resemblance it has to a pair of spectacles when reflected in the river water, is a popular tourist attraction and is designated as an important cultural property.
The bridge was originally built in 1634, its construction overseen by the Chinese monk who would go on to become the resident priest of Kofukuji Temple, which is located a short walk away. The bridge, along with many of the others along the river, was badly damaged by floodwaters in 1982, but has since been repaired with recovered stones.
There is a stone walkway along the river bank that makes for a pleasant stroll with nice views of the water and bridges. The walkway has a tranquil atmosphere and is accessed by steps from street level positioned at various points along the river.
Source: Japan Guide
NEW YORK (ANP) - Coco Gauff neemt het tegen Elena Rybakina op in de halve finales van de US Open. De 22-jarige Amerikaanse versloeg in New York in drie sets Mirra Andrejeva uit Rusland: 3-6 7-6 (7) 6-2.
Rybakina had eerder op de dag in drie sets gewonnen van de Chinese Zheng Qinwen en zich daarmee ook verzekerd van de eerste plaats op de wereldranglijst. De andere halve finale gaat tussen de als eerste geplaatste Aryna Sabalenka uit Belarus en de Amerikaanse Jessica Pegula.
De als vijfde geplaatste Andrejeva won eerder dit jaar Roland Garros. Coco Gauff, de nummer 4 van de plaatsingslijst, won het toernooi in Parijs een jaar eerder en won in 2023 in New York haar eerste grandslamtitel.
NIJKERK (ANP) - Het verkeer op de A28 kan weer richting Utrecht via de Hardenbergerbrug, meldt Rijkswaterstaat. De wegbeheerder heeft herstelwerkzaamheden aan die kant van de brug afgerond. Het vrijgeven van de rijrichting Zwolle duurt wat langer. "Daar wordt nog hard gewerkt aan het afbouwen van de verkeersmaatregelen", aldus Rijkswaterstaat.
Maandag constateerde Rijkswaterstaat dat er met spoed onderhoud nodig was aan de brug bij het Gelderse Nijkerk, omdat de veiligheid van de constructie van de verbinding niet kon worden gegarandeerd. Er was zand en grind weggespoeld rond de pijlers van de brug.
Eerder op woensdag meldde minister Vincent Karremans (Infrastructuur en Waterstaat) dat de brug om middernacht weer gebruikt kan worden.
MADRID (ANP/AFP) - De Spaanse veiligheidsdienst heeft voorafgaand aan de massale instroom van migranten in de exclave Ceuta al gewaarschuwd voor een dergelijk incident. De Spaanse premier Pedro Sánchez zei eerder in het parlement juist dat er geen signalen waren voor zo'n instroom, maar uit nu vrijgegeven documenten blijkt het tegendeel.
De grensdivisie van de politie (CENIF) kwam met een waarschuwing op 29 juli, de dag voordat de toestroom van naar schatting 80.000 migranten naar Ceuta begon. In het bericht staat dat migrantengroepen bezig waren met het organiseren van een massale binnenkomst in de nacht van 29 op 30 juli. Ook werd vastgesteld dat in de weken daarvoor al veel meer mensen dan normaal hadden geprobeerd om de exclave te bereiken.
De Spaanse regering kreeg veel kritiek over de migrantencrisis en de oppositie stelde dat er signalen waren genegeerd. De regering kondigde dinsdag aan inlichtingen vrij te geven om transparant te zijn over welke kennis er op voorhand was.